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    Stihl 2013

    doobin replied to mcleish17's topic in General chat

    Sniff. Sniiiiiffffff! What's that I smell?
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    As it's already starting to rot I wouldn't waste your time and effort collecting it.
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    And from the farmers forum: You're pleading the poor man here, then bigging up the profit to your farmer mates I think you'll find your actual profit is somewhere between what you tell the timber boys and what you tell your farmer friends:laugh1: Gotta make money how you can with what you got however. If folk don't like it then they can buy their own lorry. Same as many folk try to do their own firewood rather than buy it in.
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    Been doing exactly the same on the South Downs today Small patch we've been meaning to do for ages. What do you use to clear the twigs and stuff up after you've got rid of the big stuff?
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    Ahh.... I see. You do know there's much more than that available if you set the content filter to 'off' on your Google?
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    So what happened to the paralell thread? What killed it?
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    I'm typing this waiting for the rain to stop sat in my truck. I'm running an old Apple PowerBook G4 with a Three dongle for internet. Plus a car charger so you never run out of battery. It might look cool on the adverts, flicking a few screens to send an invoice, but I've been there with the iPod and sitting in the truck with a laptop is far more comfortable. Simple system, will do everything when paired with a £50 camera phone (for your calls, tunes and photos!) Nothing beats a real keyboard, it's comfy to use, lovely big screen. I agree re the iPhones- overpriced rubbish. I like the older, simple Apple gear before they became fasion accesories. I'm not saying that I wouldn't like a new MacBook Pro, but this machine does me great and is only worth about £200 these days. Then again, show me the 7 year old Windows based laptop that is worth that! I never have any problem with downloading updates, security alerts, viruses or any of that Windows crap. Hope that helps.
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    Close the door on your way out then... Why the song and dance? Just don't log it, simple.
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    No problem on an oldish Mac here. But then one never gets this kind of riff raff on a Macintosh
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    Locate a Mobile Phone Online? ? Your Questions Answered ? Kno-Where Quick overview. As I suspected, triangulation is not much cop out in the sticks. And if your leaving a GPS smartphone with better accuracy in the machine, why not just buy a proper GPS tracker?
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    Bad I'd say- they're over ten years old already.
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    You can buy them no trouble. Lots of companies do them. What it will lift depends upon the size of machine. Mine is a 1.5 ton but a powerful one. As the grab doesn't close up into itself like a normal grapple you can only hold three or four bits, but with a single piece the machine will tell you when it's too much! You'll throw 12" diameter 12' lengths around no problem. It will lift much larger but with care! You get used to knocking the timber round so the lack of rotation is not a limitation for me. I'm only about 20 miles down the 272 from you, your welcome to come have a play
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    Don't you lot remember their first attempt, complete with cartoons? http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/firewood-forum/34986-coppice-stove.html
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    Standard transit tipper is 2.5 cube.
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    As has been said, the higher the better. I don't know how those of you who stick the saw in a slotted stump then support the engine with your knees a) do a decent filing job and b) stand up agin afterwards! And I'm still young thank you very much!
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    Oh, and try squishing a sultana onto the pin of the trap- I've only had it nicked twice in the last month, and had over a dozen confirmed mouse kills. Lately I've been running through a litter of young rats in the bigger trap- they're easy as they're still dumb!
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    PMSL! :lol:
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    Can you triangulate the signal yourself?
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    Seems ArbTalk has scaled them down further! O well
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    Picked up a Nokia Asha 300 a few days ago, well pleased. It's got everything I wanted- buttons, voice memos, MP3 player and a decent camera. Not too poncey, dropped it three times already and still working. All for £50! My first semi-smart phone Did my research and thought the C2-01 was the phone I needed, luckily the geek in the shop suggested this with an extra 2 megapixels for a tenner more. Camera seems plenty good enough, these are scaled down but still better quality than the old iPod could manage.
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    The best system is an alarm which runs off the mobile phone network, and can alert you and/or a security guard to any suspicious activity. CCTV is no use unless you want a grainy video of them dragging your chipper out with balaclavas on. Gsm security alarm, mobile alarms, mobile alarm systems, gsm alarms, burglar alarm, intruder alarm, boating equipment, yacht equipment, home protection Not a fancy website but Gerry knows his stuff and is super helpful. Best thing I ever bought is our alarm system. About £500 all in including four sensors and fitting, and it works a treat. Set and disarm it via text message. The only running cost is the sim card which you choose- just find the best deal you can to get the number of texts you think you will use in a month. No expensive monitoring contract, no waiting for the police to pull their finger out. It texts you, rings you to wake you up, then off you go to kick some ***** butt
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    Traps and poison, and shoot if your feeling in the mood/can be arsed. Come down on them like a ton of bricks ASAP.
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    Not here it doesn't. There is some Romanian tosser hawking it beside the pelican crossing most days. Help British first and foremost, any immigrants who don't want to work should be deported.
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    Hard, yes. Valuable? Dream on!
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    How much modification does an engine need to run on that???

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